Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6877, John Gardner, N.C. S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. b.
Gardner John.
S. 6877
S. b.
Born in Pa.
Carded.
CONTENTS

4390
North Carolina
John Garaman
of Mecklenburg Co in the State of N.C. who was a private in the Company 1 commanded by Captain James Lee of the Regt. commanded by Col. Davis in the North Carolina troops. Billed for twenty months and 14 days from 1780
No. 4390 S.C. July 16, 1904 Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of $8. Dollars 21 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of December 1833 and to Hon. H. W. Conner H.R.
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 102. 32 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st March 1833 34. 40
$ 136. 72
{ Revolutionary Act June
Recorded by Henry H. Smith Book 20 Vol. 8 Page
Prof. Rev. Col. Agt. July 28, 35 Pension March 5 - 1835 Act Agt Sept. 14 Renewed, 1831 " Doan Alexander Sept 14. -
Dead Letter to Pension Agt. 2nd Oct 35
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4th March to 22nd July 1842. Agent Notified 11. April 1844

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and quarter Mecklenburg County } sessions August Term 1832
On this 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina at the August term thereof John Gardner a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the County of Lancaster in the year seventeen hundred and sixty - that he has no record of his age at this time that could be satisfactory - that he has yet in his possession his fathers Bible in which his age  age as he understood and which in fact he has seen as there entered - but it is now thro the lapse of time and use totally defaced and torn out - that between the father of the said Gardner left the State of Pennsylvania and removed to the State of North Carolina in the year 1764 or 1765 with with the said John Gardner where he has resided ever since - And the said John Gardner further declares that he was living in the County of Mecklenburg when first called into service in the revolutionary war - and that since the termination of said war he has continued to live in the same County - That he entered the service of the States Troops of North Carolina sometime in the winter of 1780 previous to the fall of Charleston when General Lincoln and his army surrendered to the British - that Captain William Alexander was commanded the company to which he belonged and that General Francis Locke was the officer in command - that they marched towards Charleston and went as far as Camden - where hearing of the surrender of that place and the capture of the American Army - they halted - where he remained in encampment during the time for which he volunteered - That he volunteered for three months - and that he was there discharged ten days after the expiration of the time - by the said General Locke but which discharge is lost - That he served again under Captain John Harris as a volunteer on a tour of three months - That General Rutherford was the officer in command - That he volunteered in Harris Company in the year 17 and was engaged mostly in scouting thro the Country - on the

borders of this state and the state of South Carolina - in what is called the Waxhaw settlement - That as he understood the object of the duty he was then on was to overcome the Tories - that it was shortly after the fall of Charleston that during this tour he was in no battle - that he was almost constantly under arms - that when not in active service he was such and that for that service he received from Rutherford and the officers a verbal discharge - Immediately after Col Blueford's defeat in Waxhaw by the British under Parton he again volunteered and was out for three weeks under Genl Robert Brown of the State Troop - That he was sometime under one captain and then under another as he was ordered out or selected for any particular duty - That they were called out to oppose the advance of the British - after Blueford's defeat - that after it was ascertained that Parton had returned to Camden he was verbally dismissed - but with orders to himself in readiness at a moment's warning - and that he was out again on similar duty with said Brown in the Waxhaw settlement - for a term of three weeks - When Cornwallis came thro' Charlotte when in pursuit of General Green - he was again out - and was commanded by Col. D. Davis - That he was engaged in the stand that Col. Davis made against the advance of Cornwallis at Charlotte - and in the fight or skirmish that took place - at which time General Francis Locke in the skirmish that followed was killed - and was out about six weeks That he was again out under Genl Rutherford on a tour of three weeks and was with him at the time intelligence was brought that the Tories had assembled in Lincoln County at Ramsour's Mill - Upon intelligence being brought - Major Hall was dispatched to reconnoitre - and Rutherford with his forces moved on in the same direction - he was not with Hall's party - and arrived at Ramsour's upon the battle field - That he belonged to the Mounted Riflemen - and was dispatched immediately by Rutherford after an express had arrived of the battle being fought - to protect the American forces and to prevent the Tories from again assembling - they arrived upon the battle ground - but the Tories had retreated - being effectually routed - Also That he was

again on a tour of three weeks - after the Battle of Guilford under General Francis Locke at on the Yallkin - and one John Milton captain - That it was expected that Cornwallis would again cross the Yallkin - and that Green would hang on his rear and they station all themselves at the Yallkin to impede the return or progress of Cornwallis south - That he volunteered again in the service of the State Troop of South Carolina - in March 1781 - That his captain was William Alexander his colonel - was made Hampton and the General was Thomas Sumpter - that he engaged for ten months - That during the whole of the time he was actively engaged - and was at the taking of several these forts - the first was Orangeburg - General Sumpter was the commanding officer when that fort was surrendered - the next was Thompson's Fort - at which place Colonel Lee of the Continental line and General Sumpter both acted - and the last fort was taken was Friday's fort on the Congaree - three miles below Columbia - that that fort was besieged two weeks - and by General Sumpter - and taken by Lee when Sumpter was dispatched against Orangeburg - That at the six mile house near Charleston he was engaged in skirmish with a British force - That Col. Wall Hampton was the commanding officer - That previous to the battle of Eutaw - he obtained a furlough to come home into North Carolina to get clothing That he hired Zachariah Steedham as a substitute in his place - for the three weeks - That his substitute Steedham was in the battle of Eutaw and was wounded in that engagement - That he was discharged by Col. Hampton at Brown's old field on the Congaree River - That discharge is lost or mislaid - and that he has no documentary evidence of the fact - unless the be among the papers of the State of South Carolina - if any there be - that the whole time he was out as a volunteer in the revolutionary war was as herein stated about twenty months and two weeks - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and

he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state and he refers to the certificate of Robert Hale Morrison a clergyman resident in said County of Mecklenburg and the certificate of his character for veracity and for his proof of his services -
John Gardner
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the the said Board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Board certifies that it appears to them that Robert Hale Morrison who has signed the following certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Mecklenburg and that William Alexander who has also signed the same is resident of said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
We Robert Hale Morrison a clergyman resident in Mecklenburg County and William Alexander resident in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gardner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be sixty three years of age - that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - William Alexander further swears that the said John Gardner served under him as private when he went out under General Locke on a tour of three months and that he again

Served under him as a private under General Sumpter in Colonel Wade Hampton's regiment in the State troops of South Carolina ten months
Robert H. Morrison
William his Alexander mark
I, Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of Mecklenburg and State afore- said do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application John Gardner for a pension. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office at office this 28 th day of August 1832.
Isaac Alexander Clerk

Washington 11 th Jany 1833. I believe that, those two effects or pieces of paper were prepared, and submitted to Court at the same time. I have been notified of this application of the Gardiners & requested to attend to it
Henry M c Conner
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✓ John Gardiner North Carolina No 10918
return,
16.
January 2. 1833 Hon. H. W. Conner A. of M.

BRIEF in the case of  John Gardiner  of Mecklenburg County  in the State of  North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered In 1780 3 10 Private Gen. Lock & Rutherford Capt Alexander Capt Harris   " 3 " "   " Not Started " Col Davis Capt Wilson   " 3 weeks " Gen Sumpter Col Wade Hampton   " 3 weeks " Capt Alexander   " almost 6 weeks "   March 1781 9 7   1 Year & 4 months 21 days  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Forts in South-tory  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg County North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness in fact & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Copied from A.W. Whit. am June 10-1931. February 24, 1932.
He died July 22, 1848.
It is not claimed that soldier ever BA-J/ADY
Mrs. Maude G. Gillespie, my yours, 6342 Lindenhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Gardner , a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 6877 , based upon his military service in that war.
John Gardner was born in 1760 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, whose name is not given, in 1764 or 1765, to the State of North Caro- lina.
While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Caro- lina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina troops in 1780 as follows: three months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment; three months in Captain John Harris' Company under General Rutherford; six weeks under Colonel Irwin; three weeks under General Rutherford and six weeks in Colonel Davie's Regiment, and was in the battle of Charlotte. There are no specific dates of service given.
Soon after the battle of Guilford Court House he served three weeks in Captain John Wilson's Company.
He volunteered soon after the expiration of this service and served ten months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment and was at the taking of the following forts: Friday, Orangeburg and Thompson, also in a battle at the Six Mile House near Charleston, South Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Mecklen- burg County, North Carolina.

He died July 22, 1842.
It is not stated that soldier ever married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County
I Betsy Oats Clerk of the Court of Pleas quarter Sessions held for the County & State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Matthew Wallau whose signa- ture appears to the within affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine - I further Certify that John Robinson whose name appears to the attached Certificate is a Minister of the Gospel in good standing and pastor of the Church which he has stated
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of my Office at Charlotte the 5 th day of September A.D. 1835
B. Oats C.C.
State of North Carolina I James H Orr Presiding Justice Mecklenburg County & of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions do hereby Certify that B Oats who gave the above Certificate is Clerk of said Court and that it is in due form of Law and that full faith and credit is due to him as such Clerk Given under my hand this 10 th day of Sept 1835
J H Orr Presiding Justice

State of South Carolina Cherokee County Capt n William Alexander & James Sloan both Citizens of the County aforesaid both being duly sworn in solemn form of Law, deposeth & saith he the S d William Alexander Capt n that John Gardner did serve in the Company by him commanded in the ten Months service in the State of South Carolina under Gen. Thos. Sumpter the full term of ten Months to his his certain knowledge — & he the said James Sloan saith that to his certain knowledge John Gardner did serve the term of ten Months in the State of South Carolina under the command of Gen. Thomas Sumpter and these deponents S d William Alexander & said James Sloan further saith not sworn to & subscribed this 16 th day of April 1835 — before
Mat t Wallace S d
Witness under Capt James Sloan
I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with John Gardner since the year 1780. = I believe that he was in the service of the American army in what is usually termed the ten months service, in the Company of Captain William Alexander, under the command of Col. Wade Hampton.
Given under my hand this 4 th day of July 1835. —
J n Robinson D.D. —
Pastor of Poplar Tent Church Cherokee County, S. Carolina.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 8 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Adm: of John Gardner, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Sixty eight Dollars and 21 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March — to the 22 nd July 1842.  Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Public Office
Dayton Ohio Oct 3 rd 1827
James L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir:
Please authorize the payment of the Annu y of John Gordon Act 1832. " $ 68.25. p Ann.
I am Sir,
respectfully
John Anderson
James L Edwards
Sustain the Original engagement.

Charlotte North Carolina Mecklenburg County
Dr Sir after my respects to you inform you that we have obtained as we think sufficient Evidence for Mr John Gardner's Services in the war of Revolution although we cannot get the evidence that you required from the Comtroller of S.C. Mr Gardner says that there is in the City of Washington a gentleman the name of Col Hunter that can certify to his services also Sir if these papers lacks any thing or if you require any thing that is in our power to help Mr Gardner to his pension we will try to do it for he is a poor old man not able to labour for his living & we think he is justly intitled the small sum that you have heretofore allowed him
Yours Respectfully J L Edwards Dan Alexander Com of Pensions

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Gardiner which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? One living witness in part XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

June 10, 1931
Mrs. W. S. Gillespie C/o J. H. Wallace 1813 Monte Vista Drive Whittier, California
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6877, that John Gardner was born in 1760 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, whose name is not given, in 1764 or 1765, to the State of North Carolina.
While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina troops in 1780 as follows: three months in Captain William Alexander's company, Colonel Francis Locke's regiment; three months in Captain John Harris' company under General Rutherford; six weeks under Colonel Irwin; three weeks under General Rutherford and six weeks in Colonel Davis's regiment, and was in the battle of Charlotte. There are no specific dates of service given.
Soon after the battle of Guilford Court House he served three weeks in Captain John Wilson's company.
He volunteered soon after the expiration of this service and served ten months in Captain William Alexander's company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment and was at the taking of the following forts - Friday, Orangeburg and Thompson, also in a battle at the Six Mile House near Charleston, South Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

He died July 22, 1842.
It is not stated that soldier ever married.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

He was born in 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1845.
September 23, 1929
Mrs. P. J. Gantt 557 West 12th Street New York, New York
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6877, it appears that John Gardner was born in 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, whose name is not given, in 1764 or 1765, to the State of North Carolina.
While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina Troops in 1780 as follows:
Three months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment; three months in Captain John Harris' Company under General Rutherford; six weeks under Colonel Irwin; three weeks under General Rutherford and six weeks in Colonel Davie's Regiment, was in the battle of Charlotte. There are no specific dates of service given.
Soon after the battle of Guilford Court House, he

V23\607 served three weeks in Captain John Wilson's Company.
He volunteered soon after the expiration of this service, and served ten months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment and was at the taking of the following forts: Friday, Orangeburg and Thompson, also in a battle at the Six Mile House near Charleston, South Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
He died July 22, 1842.
It is not stated that soldier ever married.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

6342 Lindenhurst - An Los Angeles - Calif. Feb. 15 1932
ON
February 2, 1932.
Veterans Administration Washington - D. C.
REPLY REFER TO:
FILE REFERENCE: SA-J/ADJ
I notice you say you received the record of John Pader (S. 6877) on June 10 th 1931 - I did not receive such - surely the information contained in the enclosed letter should be sufficient to enable me to find records of same - it was based on various authoritative histories - Please reply again - I met you - Several papers of John Pader - Mandel V. Miller
relative to
by this office United States military
files to show services of William Whitehead
places rendered
record of a John (S. 6877) was furnish as much means of
(identifying the record: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
February 2, 1932.
IN REPLY REFER TO:
YOUR FILE REFERENCE: BA-J/ADY
Mrs. Maude G. Gillespie, 6342 Lindenhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of William Bailey, Johnathan Bailey or William Whitehead as described by you.
This office has no record of services rendered prior to the Revolution.
If you are interested in the record of a John Gardner other than the one whose record (S.6877) was furnished you on June 10, 1931 please furnish as much as possible of the following data as a means of identifying the record: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

6342 Lindenhurst Ave
Los Angeles - California
Will you please send me the Pension papers of John Gardner a Revolutionary Soldier from North Carolina - he was married in 1796 - also those of John Gardner - born in England - served from 1776-1778 as a private and as a Sergeant in the 5 th Va. Regiment under the Command of Col. Alexander McClure - he married Mary Gardner - See, 83145 - 77646 U.S. D.A. M - think he died 1853 - also Pension papers of William Bailey - married Dolly Webster - son Johnathan Bailey - served

3 years - in Fortune Land - Land grantee as a Plan - Feb 1784 - he died in 1784 - Va. Court records by Proyer - Vol. 10 - p. 27 -
Receivd papers of Lieut. Col. Thomas Milner a Military Officer - in 1680 - from Harrison Co - Va -
Also there of William Whitehead of Southampton Co - Virg - he married Patricia Byrne - 1790 - was Intermarried - in Res. Nov.
Please give this matter your attention -
Maudie Gardner Gillespie

Whittier, California.
1813 Monte Vista Drive.
June 1 st
Telephones Administration
Bureau of Pensions -
Washington -
Mr. C. H. Morgan -
I am unable to give you any exact data on the John Gardner - only know he lived in the Rev. Home - that he was born in Va. & moved later with his mother Carolina - William Baily - who married Sally Webster - served 3 yrs - in Va. Continental Line - 1784 - later

granted to him in 1784 - he died same year -
William Whitehead - b. in Pa. resided in Va. - I did not know a Res- old - knew nothing further -
I am so very anxious to secure the pension papers of the above named person and hope you may be able to secure them for me -
Very truly yours -
Martha G. Gillerpie
Mrs. H. S. Gillerpie, 1813 Monte Vista Drive - Whittier, Cal.
May 11, 1931.
is not sufficient to queries contained
as the information bureau.
advised - a.
to California & Tennessee Pa. - (I think) perhaps South Carolina
Approximate date of death as soon as
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev. and 2 Wars F on. IL
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
May 11, 1931.
Mrs. W. S. Gillespie, c/o J.H.Wallace 1813 Monte Vista Drive Whittier, California.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow .....  Full name of soldier John Gardner -  Residence of soldier at enlistment Va.  Residence of soldier after service North Carolina & Tennessee  Name of state from which he enlisted Va - (I think) perhaps North Carolina  Approximate date of birth 174-  Approximate date of death do not know -
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev War
6877
INVALID.
File No. 6877
John Gardner Pri Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32
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1929-Sept 23. Hist. to Mrs. R. J. Esau See letter — George Jennings 5.8756 curf. 1931-June 10. Hist. to Mrs. W. D. Gillespie curf. 1932-Mch. 24. Hist. to Mrs. Maude H. Gillespie.